Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-01-27
THE GcveRneR's MESSAGE.


manencc of our gold, silver and copper
mines, so that capital is being year after
year more confidently invested in such
properties aud the appliance for the treat
ment of ORES. Large depoa Is of coal have
materially added to the mineral resource
Of the Territory. Our stock interests have
largely Increased in Importance; the value
Of our agricultural industries have been
greatly enhanced our population has
grown rapidly, until 1t il nov estimated at
over 13o,o 900; while our assessed valuation
is reported at S55.oT6. s11 .5s. Add to
this the value Of our mines, which ar not
assessed and the amount will reach sioo,-
5000
The condition of the tIeasnrya as set forth
in the message is very creditable to the
present administration. The total receipts
for the two vcar- ending Decstnber 3lst,
1856, were s.;3 .i32.6I; balance in the
treasury January list, tsS,, J,237 -; bal
anee in the treasury January LIST, lS>I
$57 ,269.iS. Warr,nti outstanding, 81
O57 90. No bonded indebtedness. Under
the heading of Judiciary, t.se Governor
speaks of the benefits derived from the
appointment ol II fourth judge, and gives
the followin. nd vice ia regard ,o our laws
IL is u good ard safe rule generally to
avoid radical ci.n-es oi law. II j. npur-
tant for t.e people To become fapiliar with
the laws. and to have them irdici,liy deter
! mined in oar courts. Better results are
obtained where there is greater familiarity Y
with the laws, than where they are under
going rapid and extreme chances to reach
some ideal perfect ioa. therefore,, the best
suggestion | can make Is, 10 change the
law. as little as possible 10 runedN some
discovered detects in the present laws. The
courts and attorneys discover these defects
in attempting to apply the laws in practice,
ana To adjust them 10 conflicting indi
ridual interests.
Oi our public school. the Governor says:
None of the Territories aud few OF the
States can show better system, sustained
by self-imposed taxation. 1ne general
government that ar-unies the chief rospon-
sibility Of preparing our people To exercise
I he functions oi n sovereign state. and has
even gone SO far as to prc-cfibe hat shall
be taught in otlr schools, has never yet
given dollar in any shape or iorm to aid
in their education. The promised endow-
nent from the school lands is reserved for
"a future generation, that viii certainly be
better able to provide ior Itself than the
present one. II would he proper tn ask
and no more than right for the general
government; to grant, IL hall million dollars
as an advance upon our school lands, the
interest upon which could he used AT once
when the people are poor and most need
it. When. rs II state, we come into posses
sion and control oi oar school lands this
advance from the government would De
repaid from the first sales. The report of
our Supcrn, enicnt oi Public Instruction.
aud other recommendations of those pri,r-
, tically engaged ia the business oi giving
! inst rlction, VIII dcs.rye your attention in
making amendments to onr school laws.
4 A Il.
some way for the intruductin;i of training
/, in manual labor into our pa,.li,, schools.
| II wopil be a proper rrco',nftlon oi the
dignity Of labor. while liying the riijimsnts
vi an intellectual education; aud without,
interfering with that, give 10 ali some prac-
| teal instruction ia the most useful ar, :
aud trades, 80 that when our children lett
| the school house they would lie better
equipped for the Responsibilities ~ act ial
! life. II might l,e we'll t. consider whether
! the Territory could afford Il Normal ~chooi
for the better training of the tcaclIcfs in
our public schools.
| The Governor recon neni, that Il start
be made by the present l.essiSlatur" looking
I toward tho establish neni oi a permanent
asylum ri some suitable point in the Ter
( ritory for The insane: ~ would recommend
1 that you provide for the appointment oi
commissioners authorized to sriert and
purchase Il suitable sifr for such an inst
tuition, and provide fpr The aratli"u ui al
least temporary building, for This purpose.
am of the opinion that aH assNinm con-
structed upon the cottagc plan would
answer every purpose. Cottages sufficient
to accommodate all al the patients, IA
present u ciiHrge npoa the 1rrritory co IL
he coiist rictcd for comparatively II - .ial
sum; and should TIE nuntoer of pa; .cati
increase with the Increase al onr popuii
tion, us viii doubtless be the ease, adj
tionaI cottages can he erected WithGut am,
considerable outlay.
In relatiun .o the iuc1un riica of taxation
the Governor sa.a;
There shoull bo some Iulc ap;piica',lo {,
the whole TefrituIy Y, ~hriheF PROPERTY II {,
le rated at H. iiil cash N.hiue or az som
point below as at tWo-thirt'S. In tine sam
Glasses of property. su'h ~ stock, there )
considerablc difference al valuation il
adjacent coonli,.-. whirh oilers The temp
tatiou To drive cattle Tor Il time into q u
county whore the tata oi valuation is ia
lowest. In the matter o. t#N&tioH of mort
gagged property, the law as II now stands !
much too lnn~" aai ritiaHuite. and re~g't :
in many caste H. touhic taAatiou he boz
rover payiu- tx both on theproparty Y an'
On the mort - g, tie .uulier simply in .'ca
ing the Interest - cover The tax ga tiI
mortgage.
The governor 'aiis attention =" III
,iefrci, in ouf probate Il ,... fav- oIrrpt
laws need repairing aa much - or.r r3oi.
That the sheriff iee bill f,r The supper; ,
prisoners is not what f. was a.nnsad I,
be. the latest anendnsnt iarin- boyn q
grated upon "A repealed sj"tn.e. -. ha
sslary law the t,oNrruor s4E..
Complaint IS made from -tsefai couut,g
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